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nu⋅bile

  [noo-bil, -bahyl, nyoo-]
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–adjective
1. (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, esp. in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
2. (of a young woman) sexually developed and attractive: the nubile girls in their bikinis.
Origin:
1635–45; < L nūbilis, equiv. to nūb(ere) to marry (see nuptial ) + -ilis -ile

Related forms:
nu⋅bil⋅i⋅ty  [noo-bil-i-tee, nyoo-] , noun
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nu·bile   (nōō'bĭl, -bīl', nyōō'-)   
adj.  

  1. Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women.

  2. Sexually mature and attractive. Used of young women.


[Latin nūbilis, from nūbere, to take a husband.]
nu·bil'i·ty (nōō-bĭl'ĭ-tē, nyōō-) n.
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Word Origin & History

nubile 
1642, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from Fr. nubile, from L. nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband." First used 1973 in sense of "sexually attractive."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nu·bile
Pronunciation: 'n(y)ü-b&l, -"bIl
Function: adjective
: sexually mature; especially : of marriageablecondition or age —used of young women —nu·bil·i·ty /n(y)ü-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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